Cornerstone laid for St. Peter's Basilica, 1506.
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1775.
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906.
Titanic survivors arrive in New York on the Carpathia, 1912.
Yankee Stadium opens, 1923.
Nasser seizes power in Egypt, 1954.
Bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, 1983.

1842 - Juan N. Seguín resigned as mayor of San Antonio and fled to Mexico. He was incriminated in General Rafael Vásquez's of San Antonio in March of 1842 from his business correspondence with Mexico. Seguín later participated in Adrián Woll's invasion of Texas in September 1842. He also fought against the U.S. in the Mexican War.

1897 - S.E. Hayden released a fictional "news" story that described an unidentified flying airship crash near the town of Aurora, TX.

1901 - The Baylor College of Medicine held its first commencement with a graduating class of 15 students.

1904 - Artist Harry Peyton Cornohan was born in Millford, TX.

1934 - The first Laundromat opened in Fort Worth, TX.

04-18-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by linda22003

Cornerstone laid for St. Peter's Basilica, 1506.
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1775.
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906.
Titanic survivors arrive in New York on the Carpathia, 1912.
Yankee Stadium opens, 1923.
Nasser seizes power in Egypt, 1954.
Bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, 1983.